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10 am at University Lutheran Church, 914 Elm. Please park in the back. Festivities will begin at 10 am. Join us and bring guests. All meetings are free and open to the public. Milton Smith will share some insights on photography from a writer’s point of view. March white elephant/April poetry slam. April is National Poetry Month. Those who wish to participate should bring one wrapped white elephant object to the March meeting and you can unwrap someone else’s object. You have one month to write a poem about it to read at the April meeting. Maximum 16 lines. Everyone reads their poem and a certificate will be awarded to the best one. http://normangalaxyofwriters.blogspot.com/

Whether you write fiction or non-fiction, picture books or erotica, religious or super-natural books, the one thing they all have in common is STORY.   Even a non-fiction book needs to tell a STORY.   If it doesn't tell a story, then it falls into the boring, only going to be read as a requirement, academic text book category. Sometimes writers get so caught up in telling the story that we lose sight of what STORY is really about. Merriam-Webster's Dictionary defines STORY as: 1.       archaic a: history; to narrate or describe in story 2 :   an account of incidents or events b :   a statement regarding the facts pertinent to a situation in question c :   anecdote ; especially :   an amusing one 3. :   a fictional narrative shorter than a novel; specifically :   short story b :   the intrigue or plot of a narrative or dramatic work 4:   a widely circulated rumor 5: ...

I'm not a big fan of flashbacks. Personally I prefer a story that starts somewhere in the middle of the action and barrels down the track, to the photo finish end, in a nice zig-zaging, uphill, forwardly moving procession. Be frugal with flashbacks and back-story.   If you're using a lot of flash backs in your story, consider that you may actually have two independent stories. Maybe the story you are trying to write needs a prequel instead of a lot of back-story in the current work. Try pulling all your flashbacks out and see if you can tell the current story without them. If you can leave something out and still tell a coherent story, then you didn't need it in the story in the first place. However I'll admit that flashbacks can enhance some stories. Before using a flashback please research the good, the bad, and the nightmarish. There are a lot of good examples and references out there. Please read several. Here's a good place to start: ht...

Norman Galaxy of Writers presents “Using Your Five Senses in Your Writing,” an interactive workshop by Sherry Bynum Date:                 October 6, 2012  Place:         University Lutheran Church, the Soul Room                   914 Elm Ave., Norman, OK Register:    9:45 a.m.   Program:  10 to noon Cost:          $10.  Limit:  25 participants This is a workshop! Bring writing materials—and your five senses! Park behind the church on College Street. Want more information? Contact Sherry Bynum, 405-364-7818, 401-2410, shebyn@sbcglobal.net . Limited Enrollment—Please Pre-Register